Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which totality embrace….

We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a lega….

The glory of God is the living man, but the life of man is the vision of God', says St. Irenaeus, getting to the heart of what happens when man meets….

Our knowledge of Jesus is in need above all of a living experience: Another person's testimony is certainly important, as in general the whole of our….

Indeed, beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come forth. Beauty ….

Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium. – Faith is the hypostasis of things hoped for; the proof of things not seen..

Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people w….

Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic..

Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in thei….

Guilt must not be allowed to fester in the silence of the soul, poisoning it from within. It needs to be confessed. Through confession we bring it in….

Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how, in many matters in our lives, God wants to prod us into taking things….

The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of al….

Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is th….

What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes to the horizon,….

It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation ….

No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation..

The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide us as stewards of his crea….

Islam has a total organization of life that is completely different from ours; it embraces simply everything,...There is a very marked subordination ….

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force..

That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to ….

Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it ….